Robert Whillis Todd
Served at South Shields Seaplane Base
Robert was a local lad. According to the census he was born in Newcastle. In 1911 he was working as a commercial traveller for a building merchants and living with his widowed mother. In the previous census his father was still alive and is accredited with the rather grand-sounding title of “Telegraphic Civil Servant”. Whether his wages went very far with 8 children is another matter! Robert appears in the medical journal as he suffered from a bout of bronchitis.
Civil Parish: South Shields
Birth date: 1884
Death date: 1947
Armed force/civilian: Navy
Residence: 1901: 45 Glouchester Street, Newcastle;
1911: 59 Glouchester Street, Newcastle;
1947: 1 Frazer Avenue, Horforth, Leeds (Probate Calenders)
Employment: Commercial traveller and assistant manager (ADM/188/606)
Family: Father: Andrew F Todd (1901 census);
Mother: Mary Agnes Todd (1911 census);
Siblings: Florence Todd, Catherine Whillis Todd, Fanny Love Todd, Eveline Todd, Mabel Agnes Todd (1911 census), Agnes Todd, David Todd (1901 census)
Gender: Male
Contributed by Durham County Record Office